Ex-F1 driver Dℱavid Coulthard believes it was inevitable Red Bull’s dominance would come to an end after 2023, drawing a comparison to being “close to the su💦mmit of Everest”.

Red Bull won 21 of the 22 races in 2023 in what was a historic year for the teaꦍm.

Fastꦛ forward to 2024, they dropped down to third in the F1 constructorꦕs’ championship, winning just two of the last 14 races.

It was still enough for 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen to win his fourth consecutive title, but Red Bull’s era of dominance had truly come ꧃to an end.

When assessing h😼is former team’s difficulties last year, Coulthard conceded that Red Bull found it “very difficult” to “innovate” after their record-breaking campaign.

“I’ve been around long enough to know that just because you’ve won in the past doesn’t mean it will continue like that. It was such🍒 a dominant year last year [2023],” h🍎e told .

“When you are so close to tܫh🐻e summit of Everest, it is simply very difficult to make innovations.”

Red Bull still won more races than McLaren and Ferrari iﷺn 2024 – even though those two teams finished ahead in the F1 constructors’ championship.

Coulthard added: “There was clearly a path, a direction that they took with the car thaౠt still won ten (nine) Grand Prix, still more than any other.

“Correl﷽ation is always the big thing. If it works, it works, and if it doesn’t… If it were🌠 that simple, you would just give the rules to an AI tool.

“If it were that simple, everyone would j🃏ust build the same car. But that’s 🍎just not the case.”

Coulthard hails McLaren turnaround

It’s been a remarkable two years for McLaren.

They started the 2023 campaign with the slowest car, as both 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lando Norris and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Oscar Piastri languished at the back of the grid.

An upgrade iꦏn Austria transformed their season as Norris regular🥀ly finished on the podium behind Verstappen in the second part of the year.

In 2024, an upgrade in Mia🀅mi turned them from the third-fastest team to title contenders.

“It has always been🔯 in the ability of the top teams to deliv𒀰er performance from one season to the next,” Coulthard said. “So well done, McLaren! What an amazing turnaround.

“Everyone talks about how it’s been 26 years since they last won the constructors’ championship♚, but someone reminded me that they 💙did win it with Hamilton and Alonso, but were only banned retrospectively.

“I had forgotten that too. But even if we ꧂ignore that, ꦑit was a really long time ago.”